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Districts Receive Undue Dollars With New Voucher Model
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Starting in 2015-16, new RPCP and WPCP students’ vouchers will be funded similar to the open enrollment. While this ensures there is no voucher amount reduction, public districts unfairly receive a subsidy for students they do not educate due to revenue limit counting purposes.
Below are some models showing how much “skim” would go to public districts throughout the state under varying enrollment projections.
Approximately 75% of voucher students are in grade K-8 and 25% in grades 9-12. Using the current voucher amounts of $7,210 and $7,856, we can estimate how much undue funding public districts will receive.
2,000 Voucher Students
Students Revenue Amount
2,000 X $10,036 = $20,072,000
Students Voucher Amount
1,500 K-8 X $7,210 = $10,815,000
500 9-12 X $7,856 = $3,928,000
TOTAL = $14,743,000
TOTAL SKIM = $5,329,000: the cost of approximately 710 vouchers
5,000 Voucher Students
Students Revenue Amount
5,000 X $10,036 = $50,180,000
Students Voucher Amount
3,700 K-8 X $7,210 = $26,677,000
1,250 9-12 X $7,856 = $9,820,000
TOTAL = $36,497,000
TOTAL SKIM = $13,683,000: the cost of approximately 1,824 vouchers
10,000 Voucher Students
Students Revenue Amount
10,000 X $10,036 = $100,360,000
Students Voucher Amount
7,500 K-8 X $7,210 = $54,075,000
2,500 9-12 X $7,856 = $19,640,000
TOTAL = $73,715,000
TOTAL SKIM = $26,645,000 the cost of approximately 3,552 vouchers
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